Survival of cause despite death of plaintiff

The legal representative of a person who might have been plaintiff, if alive, may bring an action under this chapter after his death. Source: JustC 1877, § 36; CL 1887, § 6075; RJustC 1903, § 46; RC 1919, § 2173; SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, § 37.3904.